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Central
Electric Supply
Company.
A Bill was promoted by this Company to enable them to supply
electricity in bulk to various electric supply companies throughout
the Metropolis, including amongst others, the London
Electric Supply Corporation, which supplies electrical
energy in this parish. The Bill was an attempt to render useless the
powers of local authorities to purchase electric lighting undertakings
in their respective parishes by reducing the undertakings to mere sets
of wires without generating stations ; but as the place where it was
proposed to establish the central station was Marylebone, the locus
standi of the other parishes was not admitted. An attempt was made
to throw out the Bill on Second Reading, but this was not successful.
It is satisfactory to know that the name of the Company supplying
this Parish was omitted in the House of Lords.
Streets Traffic
Bill.
A Bill was promoted by the Chief Commissioner of Police
with a view to empower him to regulate the character of the traffic
along any of the streets and roads of the Metropolis. It
was felt that this power might lead to invidious distinctions
being made betweeu different kinds of traffic, which might produce
great inconvenience to tradesmen and others. A strong feeling was
expressed that the Bill ought not to pass into law, and the Vestry
petitioned against it in the House of Commons. The Bill was subsequently
dropped by the Government.
Charities Committee.
United
Charities
Scheme.
On the 6th September, the Committee presented a report to the
Vestry upon a draft scheme received by them from the Charity
Commissioners, for the future regulation of certain
of the charities of the parish. The scheme contained
a proposal to constitute a body of thirteen Trustees—
seven to be elected by the Vestry, five co-optative Trustees
(including two life Trustees), and the Rector as an ex-officio
Trustee—to whom the whole management and control of the charities
referred to should be committed, and it was provided that, after
applying the necessary amounts towards Sir John Fenner's and
Edward Martin's charities in the purchase and distribution of bibles,
and the educational purposes of Delaforce's Charity, the balance of
the residue of the income of the charities should be applied in the